Laos FDI Over Time (1970–2024)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

FDI Inflows (USD)

Global rank: 101 / 195

Data table

1970	100,000	1990	6M	2002	4.45M	2014	867.6M
1972	-130,000	1991	6.9M	2003	19.48M	2015	1.08B
1973	890,000	1992	7.8M	2004	16.92M	2016	935.3M
1974	430,000	1993	29.9M	2005	27.72M	2017	1.69B
1975	240,000	1994	59.2M	2006	187.3M	2018	1.36B
1977	640,000	1995	95.1M	2007	323.5M	2019	755.5M
1984	0	1996	159.8M	2008	227.8M	2020	967.7M
1985	-1.62M	1997	91M	2009	318.6M	2021	1.07B
1986	0	1998	45.9M	2010	278.8M	2022	726.3M
1987	0	1999	78.9M	2011	300.7M	2023	1.78B
1988	2M	2000	33.89M	2012	617.8M	2024	988.5M
1989	4M	2001	23.9M	2013	681.4M

FDI Inflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 41 / 192

Data table

1984	0%	1995	5.4%	2005	1%	2015	7.5%
1985	-0.1%	1996	8.5%	2006	5.4%	2016	5.9%
1986	0%	1997	5.2%	2007	7.7%	2017	9.9%
1987	0%	1998	3.6%	2008	4.2%	2018	7.5%
1988	0.3%	1999	5.4%	2009	5.5%	2019	4%
1989	0.6%	2000	2%	2010	3.9%	2020	5.1%
1990	0.7%	2001	1.4%	2011	3.4%	2021	5.7%
1991	0.7%	2002	0.3%	2012	6.1%	2022	4.7%
1992	0.7%	2003	1%	2013	5.7%	2023	11.2%
1993	2.3%	2004	0.7%	2014	6.5%	2024	6%
1994	3.8%

FDI Outflows (USD)

Global rank: 141 / 173

Data table

1983	-1M	1993	55,000	2003	-26,480	2012	-16.86M
1984	-1M	1994	1.02M	2004	1.11M	2013	-28.57M
1985	-212,000	1995	4.18M	2005	-86,910	2014	7.06M
1986	-506,000	1996	3.41M	2006	590	2015	39.7M
1987	498,000	1997	1.28M	2007	21.47M	2016	15.18M
1988	383,000	1998	3.01M	2008	-16.93M	2017	9.7M
1989	2.67M	1999	557,000	2009	2.51M	2018	10
1990	168,000	2000	9.91M	2010	33.45M	2019	10
1991	136,000	2001	320,500	2011	358,750	2022	6,670
1992	1.52M	2002	200,000

FDI Outflows (% of GDP)

Global rank: 140 / 172

Data table

1984	-0.1%	1994	0.1%	2003	0%	2012	-0.2%
1985	0%	1995	0.2%	2004	0%	2013	-0.2%
1986	0%	1996	0.2%	2005	0%	2014	0.1%
1987	0%	1997	0.1%	2006	0%	2015	0.3%
1988	0.1%	1998	0.2%	2007	0.5%	2016	0.1%
1989	0.4%	1999	0%	2008	-0.3%	2017	0.1%
1990	0%	2000	0.6%	2009	0%	2018	0%
1991	0%	2001	0%	2010	0.5%	2019	0%
1992	0.1%	2002	0%	2011	0%	2022	0%
1993	0%